Brief Life History of John Owen
When John Owen James was born in June 1868, in Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, George James, was 35 and his mother, Ann Martell, was 31. He lived in Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales in 1871. He died in June 1874, in Caernarfon, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 6.
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Sources (2)
- John Owen James in household of George James, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Owen James - Government record: Census record: birth-name: John Owen James
Parents and Siblings
1833–1919 Male
1837–1914 Female
Siblings (5)
1866– Female
1868–1874 Male
1869– Female
1871– Female
1875– Female
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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